PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
RESOURCE
●● Four Subfields
Answer: Cultural anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistic anthropology,
Physical or biological anthropology.
●● Cultural anthropology
Answer: (1) Studies present-day people
(2) Culture defined as transmitted, learned behavior
●● Archaeology
Answer: (1) Studies past human societies
(2) Focuses on material remains and the processes behind them
●● Linguistic anthropology
Answer: (1) Studies the construction and use of language by human
Societies
(2) Language defined as a set of written or spoken symbols that refer to
things
, ●● Physical or biological anthropology
Answer: (1) Studies all aspects of present and past human biology
(2) Deals with the evolution of and variation among human beings and
their relatives.
●● No anthropologist is an expert
Answer: in all four branches of anthropology.
●● All anthropology acknowledges
Answer: the diversity of humans in all contexts.
●● Within the field there
Answer: is a commitment to the notion that humans are both cultural and
biological beings.
●● Biocultural approach
Answer: (1) Humans are a result of a combination of inherited
(biological) traits and cultural (learned) traits.
●● Anthropology focuses on
Answer: a broad, comparative (holistic) approach.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
RESOURCE
●● Four Subfields
Answer: Cultural anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistic anthropology,
Physical or biological anthropology.
●● Cultural anthropology
Answer: (1) Studies present-day people
(2) Culture defined as transmitted, learned behavior
●● Archaeology
Answer: (1) Studies past human societies
(2) Focuses on material remains and the processes behind them
●● Linguistic anthropology
Answer: (1) Studies the construction and use of language by human
Societies
(2) Language defined as a set of written or spoken symbols that refer to
things
, ●● Physical or biological anthropology
Answer: (1) Studies all aspects of present and past human biology
(2) Deals with the evolution of and variation among human beings and
their relatives.
●● No anthropologist is an expert
Answer: in all four branches of anthropology.
●● All anthropology acknowledges
Answer: the diversity of humans in all contexts.
●● Within the field there
Answer: is a commitment to the notion that humans are both cultural and
biological beings.
●● Biocultural approach
Answer: (1) Humans are a result of a combination of inherited
(biological) traits and cultural (learned) traits.
●● Anthropology focuses on
Answer: a broad, comparative (holistic) approach.
